Battle of Verdun (February - December 1916)

1. BATTLE OF VERDUN(February - December 1916)

BATTLE OF
VERDUN(February December 1916)
PERFORMED BY: 5-TH YEAR STUDENT
POLYAKOV OLEKSIY YURIYOVICH
SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISOR:
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
SNAGOSCHENKO VALENTINA VOLODIMIRIVNA

2.

THE ACTUALITY OF THE
RESEARCH
This global conflict was in the shadow of the Bolshevik October
revolution and civil war. The independence of Ukraine, the statebuilding processes have been reflected in the process of
studying the history of this war.

3.

OBJECT OF THE
RESEARCH
MILITARY OPERATIONS OF THE WORLD WAR I
BATTLE OF VERDUN (FEBRUARY – DECEMBER 1916)
SUBJECT OF THE
RESEARCH

4.

ANALYSIS OF THE BATTLE OF VERDUN, AS A
TURNING POINT BATTLE OF THE WW I
THE AIM OF THE RESEARCH

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to analyze documentary, historical materials, memoirs and
other literature on the subject of research;
to characterize the causes and preconditions of the Battle
of Verdun as a turning point during the First World War;
THE TASKS
OF
THE
RESEARCH
to find out the features of the explored battle;
to determine the results and significance of the Verdun
operation in the 1916 military campaign.

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THE BASIC NOTIONS
Fort
Douaumont (French: Fort de
Douaumont) was the largest
and highest fort on the ring
of 19 large defensive works
which had protected the
city of Verdun, France since
the 1890s. By 1915, the
French General Staff had
concluded that even the
best-protected forts of
Verdun could not resist
bombardments from the
German 420 mm (16.5 in)
Gamma guns.
Fort Vaux was the
second Fort to fall in
the Battle of
Verdun after Fort
Douaumont which was
captured by a small
German raiding party in
February 1916, in the
confusion of the French
retreat from
the Woëvre plain.

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INTRODUCTION
The events of the early twentieth century played a significant
role in the history of world civilization. They showed the
profligacy of human life - the war of exhaustion. Its apogee was
the Battle of Verdun.
For France, this was the first true revenge after the Sedan
military catastrophe during the Franco-Prussian War of 18701871. During the Battle of Verdun, the initiative moved to the
French and their Allies from the Entente. As a result, the
surrender of the Reich was only a matter of time.

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CONCLUSION
The fighting at Verdun showed that at equal strength and
maintenance in trench war neither side can gain a significant
advantage. But both have huge losses.
As a result, the battle did not change anything during the war.
Verdun was not strategically important point and its complete
destruction did not give Germany anything.
Front was stabilized.

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